Conflict Analysis & Intervention Internships

In order to earn course credit for your internship experience, you must:
Complete the prerequisites for participating in an internship
•  2.5 overall GPA
•  75 hours of course credit
•  SCOM Core Courses (C or better grades)
•  Relevant courses for internship (C or better grades)
•  Complete and submit the Intern Approval Form from Dr. Leppington, obtain all necessary signatures and submit before you begin the internship and within deadline for adding classes for relevant semester
•  Work the required number of hours: 3 credits = 160 hours

•  Fall/Spring: 10 hours/week for 16 weeks

•  Summer: 20 hours/week for 8 weeks or 40 hours/week for 4 weeks

6 credits = 320 hours
 

•  Complete and submit to Dr. Leppington on time:

•  Weekly Time Log

•  Mid-term Self Evaluation

•  Mid-term Supervisor Evaluation

•  Final Self Evaluation

•  Final Supervisor Evaluation

•  Portfolio with Analysis Paper

Please click here for Conflict Internship Forms

Prof. Rozanne Leppington, Intern Coordinator
Harrison Room 1276E
(540) 568-2396
leppinrx@jmu.edu

FINDING INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

A GUIDE FOR STUDENTS IN THE
CONFLICT ANALYSIS AND INTERVENTION CONCENTRATION

BASIC INFORMATION

Up to 6 hours of internship credit may be applied toward completion of a degree in Communication Studies.

See the Communication Studies Internship Program information page at
http://cal.jmu.edu/scominternships/ for general information

 To participate in an internship for academic credit, students must have:

•  GPA of at least 2.5
•  At least 75 hours of course credit
•  Successful completion (C or better) of SCOM core courses
•  Successful completion (C or better) of relevant/concentration courses

 Register for 495A, 495B or 495C, as appropriate
(see http://cal.jmu.edu/scominternships/)

 See also JMU Career and Academic Planning
(http://www.jmu.edu/cap/job_intern_search)
 

SEARCHING ON THE WEB

These are web sites that frequently post internship openings for students interested in conflict analysis and intervention.

•  USAJOBS: The Official Job Site of the Federal Government
http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov

Many federal agencies now have dispute resolution programs. To search within the site for internships specific to dispute resolution, use these keywords: conflict resolution, dispute resolution, mediation, restorative justice, peace building and ADR.

•  National Association for Community Mediation
http://www.nafcm.org/pg29.cfm

•  CRInfo
http://www.crinfo.org/v3-careers.cfm 

•  Search for Common Ground
http://www.sfcg.org/sfcg/job/sfgc_employmentw.html

•  Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies
Fresno Pacific University
http://peace.fresno.edu/rjjobs.php

•  Campus ADR
http://www.campus-adr.org/Staff_Admin_Building/opportunity_staffadmin.ihtml

•  The Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies (PAWSS)
http://pawss.hampshire.edu
Click "For Students"

•  American Friends Service Committee
http://www.afsc.org/volunteering/intern-fellow.php

•  Victim Offender Mediation Association (VOMA)
http://www.voma.org/links.shtml

•  idealist.org (Action without Borders)
http://www.idealist.org
Click "internships" on the right

•  The Program of Negotiation, Mediation and Conflict Resolution
Graduate School of International Policy Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies
http://faculty.miis.edu/~conres/jobs.html

•  Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law
http://law.pepperdine.edu/strauss/jobs
Not all postings require law degree

 SPECIFIC AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

These are agencies and organizations that hire interns either for summer or semester-long positions. Each organization will have its own set of requirements. You should first check the website of the organization to see if there is a specific application form for internships (e.g., one is posted on the website for the Northern Virginia Mediation Service). Otherwise, call or email the contact person listed about open internship positions.

FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency
ADR Office
500 C Street, SW
Washington, DC 20472
Contact: Cindy Mazur, ADR Specialist
cindy.mazur@dhs.gov
Phone (202) 6464-4094

Northern Virginia Mediation Service
George Mason University
4260 Chain Bridge Road, A-2
Fairfax, VA 22030
Contact: David Michael, Executive Director
(Application Form on Website: www.gmu.edu/departments/nvms/pro_bono.htm)
Phone (703) 993-3551

Harrisonburg Community Mediation Center
165 S Main St Ste 102
Harrisonburg,  VA  22801-3600  
Contact: Tim Ruebke
(540) 434-0059

Virginia Department of Consumer Affairs
Richmond, VA
http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/consumers/oca.html
Contact: Alfred G. Bridger, Director

Supreme Court of Virginia
Dispute Resolution Services
100 North Ninth Street,  5^th Floor
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact: Geetha Ravindra, Director
Phone (804) 371-6064
gravindra@courts.state.va.us

The Richmond Peace Education Center
Richmond, VA 23225
Contact: Adria Scharf or Paul Fleisher
Phone (804) 232-1002
Web: www.rpec.org
Email: rpec1@juno.com

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Intern Coordinator for the Conflict Analysis and Intervention Concentration:

            Dr. Dorothy J. Della Noce    dellandj@jmu.edu